The Cambridge History of the British Empire: The Empire-Commonwealth, 1870-1919John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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Because she could not be certain of achieving this , or achieve it for ever , she also wanted reinsurance within Europe ; and since 1890 , and especially since the formation of the Dual Alliance , she had hoped that Great Britain could ...
Because she could not be certain of achieving this , or achieve it for ever , she also wanted reinsurance within Europe ; and since 1890 , and especially since the formation of the Dual Alliance , she had hoped that Great Britain could ...
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a THE ANGLO - JAPANESE ALLIANCE OF 1902 529 China and Korea and to maintain the Open Door in those areas . But it also gave Japan a free hand in Korea ; for in the clauses by which each Power undertook to remain neutral if the other was ...
a THE ANGLO - JAPANESE ALLIANCE OF 1902 529 China and Korea and to maintain the Open Door in those areas . But it also gave Japan a free hand in Korea ; for in the clauses by which each Power undertook to remain neutral if the other was ...
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Whereas a Russo - Japanese settlement in North China would have diverted Russia against the British line of defence in Persia and on the North - West Frontier , the Anglo - Japanese Alliance also relieved the pressure on this line .
Whereas a Russo - Japanese settlement in North China would have diverted Russia against the British line of defence in Persia and on the North - West Frontier , the Anglo - Japanese Alliance also relieved the pressure on this line .
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